2023 is the year I put my community-building and online-friendliness skills to good use on my own projects.
I’ve given enough and been burnt enough by corporations.
Very Online
“We want a little 82-year old granny to come in the morning to have her coffee. If the place ends up being Instagram-cool, okay, sure. But the goal isn’t Instagram, the goal is the granny. If granny comes, the rest will come.”
Big advocate for “one device that does one thing well and allows you to slow down” (aka delayed gratification)
Reading: “The Unfolding” by A.M. Homes
Monday, January 2, 2023
This was too relatable considering my current personal situation and professional predicament. “Right now you’re in a very specific moment. It’s called liminal space. You’re in the ambiguous or disoriented phase, also known as the middle of a rite of passage. Part of that is just growing up, but it also has to do with what you found out. Now you’re transforming, incorporating that information into your identity. It can be scary, like free-falling.I was wondering why I found both Year of the Rabbit or the Year of the Cat
Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah and joyful holidays to anyone celebrating this end of year 😊
Really appreciate y’all on here!
Very happy to see another issue of @adders’ newsletter though very sad that El Musketeer is shutting down Revue 😢
Starting to think that… Billionaires (with a platform) are bad, actually
Pachinko really hits you in the face (and the guy) like a brick, doesn’t it?!
Time to really buy local/better:
Europe strikes world-first deal to tax imports based on carbon emissions
Kylian Mbappé almost played for Chelsea
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
”The letter is typed on AS Bondy headed paper, dated 17 May 2011. It gives permission for a 12-year-old French boy named Kylian Mbappe to attend a four-day trial the following week. Mbappe was on his way to Chelsea.” {≠}“I was the first female referee in France, the first in Europe, every time the first. I know how to deal with that.”
Ok this @Reddit recap is actually pretty great tbh! (As a side note: I need to continue spending more time on Reddit over other places…)
I’m so glad Griezmann is getting his flowers 💐
“When a baby cuts his teeth, his parents give him a stump of baguette to chew off,” [. .] “When a child grows up, the first errand he runs on his own is to buy a baguette at the bakery.”
End of an era 😢 🦇🦇🦇
Truly feels like it, doesn’t it?
Finally started Andor and… it doesn’t disappoint!
Similar to Rogue One, this is a treat! | [≠]
I’m sorry WHAT?! 🤩
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Unsurprisingly, the Twitter layoffs are even worse than you could imagine. In the court of Public Opinion, I don’t know how you support Elon after this.
Related to @microdotblog: just renewed my licence for the year — that was an easy one 😅
Treehouse of Horror SZN